The IA FORUM (IA = intelligent automation) is an invitation-only, exclusive community consisting of global C-Suites, senior-level executives, accomplished professionals, and rising stars across the intelligent automation (IA), artificial intelligence (AI), technology, CoE, GBS, shared services, and digital & business transformation fields - and functional area leaders utilizing automation and technology to enhance their functional area operations - from such organizations as the FBI, Meta, Amazon, CIA, Walmart, Google, Citi, Microsoft, NASA, McDonald’s, DuPont, Visa, Procter & Gamble, and much more.

The IA FORUM is a trusted hub where community members can enhance their thought leadership positioning within the community and externally - as well as benchmark, collaborate, and network with other senior-level executives spearheading a wide array of technology, digital & business transformation, and functional area initiatives - in turn enabling them to optimize their market value and drive innovation and enhanced business impact back into their organizations.

What We Do

The community provides its members with the opportunity to potentially attend 100+ highly engaging, interactive & collaborative virtual and in-person events annually - and the community’s robust Slack workspace provides members with 24/7, mobile-friendly opportunities to stay connected with the community and its global members - to network, benchmark, and collaborate with their peers; obtain highly valuable peer-to-peer and industry insights/content; enhance their skill sets; and expand their professional network - anytime, anywhere. Plus much more!

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Membership Benefits & Value

The IA FORUM is more than a business community - it is a strategic asset for C-Suites, senior-level executives, accomplished professionals, and rising stars in the IA, artificial intelligence, and digital & business transformation space that value impactful peer knowledge sharing, meaningful relationships, and real-world insights they can apply to their own project initiatives and career development. Members gain practical, experience-based perspectives they simply cannot access through internal training, static webinars, or conventional learning platforms.

The IA FORUM provides its members with year-round opportunities to benchmark, collaborate, and engage in high-touch peer learning - directly improving their ability to resolve operational challenges, accelerate transformation outcomes, strengthen strategic decision-making, and drive stronger results for their organization.

Membership Benefits & Value Include:

Year-Round, No Travel Required Opportunities to...

• Obtain Global & External Perspectives: Access 100+ member-led virtual events throughout the year and learn, collaborate, and network with peers outside your organization - across the globe and from various industries - who face similar technology and digital & business transformation objectives, goals, and challenges. Gain scalable, cost-effective, supplementary, and alternative learning & development and leadership training opportunities for both you and your organization.

• Leverage Practical & Actionable Insights: Benchmark, collaborate, and exchange ideas with peers on real-life use cases, execution strategies, best practices, and lessons learned. Apply these insights to refine programs, strengthen implementation plans, or launch new initiatives that may benefit your organization now and in the future.

• Propel Your Career Forward with High-Impact Peer Perspectives: Benchmark, collaborate, and exchange ideas with peers outside your organization to strengthen your technology and business & digital transformation leadership and decision-making impact, use case acumen, and technical & management expertise to drive innovation, business value, and measurable impact back into your organization - as well as enhance your job market value.

• Access Premium Member & Industry Thought Leadership Content: Unlock exclusive member content including executive interviews, real-life use cases, reports, articles, podcasts, and more. Engage with the IA FORUM’s YouTube channel, Slack community, and private content hub to stay ahead of industry trends and emerging opportunities.

• Expand & Elevate Your Professional Network: Build meaningful relationships with a global community of C-Suites, senior-level executives, SMEs, academics, and thought leaders across the intelligent automation (IA), AI, technology, CoE, GBS, shared services, and digital & business transformation fields - and functional area leaders utilizing automation and technology to enhance their functional area operations. Stay connected and engaged through a trusted network designed for long-term professional growth and meaningful collaboration.

• Enhance Your Personal Brand & Thought Leadership Positioning & Visibility: Showcase your expertise across the IA FORUM community and its various platforms and external channels - including speaking on events and contributing Thought Leadership special content - reaching hundreds of IA FORUM members and thousands of technology and functional area C-Suites and senior-level executives across the globe.

• Stay Relevant & Future-Ready in a Rapidly Evolving Job Market: Strengthen your technology and digital & business transformation skills, business use case acumen; and strategy, road mapping, implementation, and management expertise to drive innovation, business value, and measurable impact back into your organization - as well as enhance your job market value.

How the IA FORUM is Different

To ensure every member receives meaningful value, the IA FORUM was intentionally designed as a boutique, human-centered, relationship-driven community - not a corporate-run, high-volume network.

• Real, Strategic, Meaningful & Long-Lasting Business Relationships: The IA FORUM provides a wide array of high-touch programs that enable members to build meaningful business relationships with peers who truly align with their business and career goals, challenges, and priorities - delivering relevant and high-impact professional collaboration and growth.

• High-Touch, Personalized Support & Founder Direct Access: Every member receives direct access to the community’s founder for 1:1 member introductions, ongoing support, guidance, and strategic insight - ensuring each member feels welcomed, supported, and fully engaged with the community.

• A Boutique, Human-First Membership Experience: From day one - and on an ongoing basis - members benefit from hands-on onboarding, curated 1:1 member introductions, tailored recommendations, and responsive support designed to help them quickly integrate, build relationships, and unlock value across the global community. The IA FORUM’s white-glove, high-touch approach ensures every member always feels supported, seen, and genuinely valued.